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Lowrider space : aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars
- Title
- Lowrider space : aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / Ben Chappell.
- Author
- Chappell, Ben, 1971-
- Publication
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-4607 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 239 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book explores how lowrider car culture allows Mexican Americans to alter the urban landscape and make a place for themselves in an often segregated society"--
- Subjects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies
- Automobiles > Societies, etc > Social aspects > United States
- Lowriders > Social aspects > United States
- Automobiles > Social aspects > United States
- Popular culture > United States
- Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation
- Mexican Americans > Social life and customs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Cruising Spaces -- Chapter Two. Inside Out: The Ambivalent Aesthetics of Lowrider Interiors -- Chapter Three. Auto Bodies -- Chapter Four. Work: The Producer as Author -- Chapter Five. Neither Gangsters nor Santitos -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Reference List -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-4607
- ISBN
- 9780292737860 (hardback)
- 0292737866 (hardback)
- 9780292737877 (e-book)
- 0292737874 (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2012007465
- OCLC
- YBP 2012007465
- Author
- Chappell, Ben, 1971-
- Title
- Lowrider space : aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / Ben Chappell.
- Imprint
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-4607